Rail-joint.



T. D..EVANS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED r1313. 14, 1912.

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T. D. EVANS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED 33.14, 1912.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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THOMAS D. Evans, oF FosTER, IOWA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed February 14., 191'2. Serial 1%. 677,413.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Foster, in the county of Monroe and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which thefollowing is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a rail joint for connectingrail ends.

To accomplish the desired result use is made of a body provided withmeans for interposition between the rail ends to aline therewith, a fishplate for removable engagement with the rail ends and means forretaining the fish plate in engagement with the rail ends.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device. Fig.2 is a similar side elevation, the locking plate and fish plate havingbeen removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken onthe line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rail chair.Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking at the inner side of the lockingplate. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line66 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a rail chair 10,consisting of a base 11 having formed on one side thereof and extendingupwardly therefrom an integral fish plate 12. Formed integrally with thebase 11 and the fish plate 12 and extending upwardly from a centralportion of the base is a rail section 13, terminating at the upper endin a rail head 14 and having extended from one side thereof and formedintegrally therewith a horizontal locking flange 15, a recess 16 beingformed between the head 14 and the flange 15 to receive a fish plate 17,provided with an opening 18 through which the flange 15 is adapted toextend, a second recess 19 being formed between the lower portion of therail section 13 and the flange 15 to accommodate the lower portion 20 ofthe fish plate 17.

In the use of my device, rail ends 21, 22 are mounted upon the base 11on both sides of the rail section 13 and spaced a slight distancetherefrom, the heads of the rail ends being adapted to lie in horizontalalineto the fish plate 12, suitable nuts 26 beingthreadedly mounted onthe ends of the bolts 25, the said bolts having previously been passedthrough openings provided in the fish plate 17 and adapted to bereceived in recesses 27 formed on the inner side of the locking plate28, provided with a central opening 29 through which is adapted toextend the locking flange 15, an opening 30 being provided in the outerextremity of the locking flange and adapted to receive a suitable cotterpin 31 therethrough, with the ends of the cotter pin engaging thelocking plate 28, thus retaining the locking plate 28 and the fish plate20 in locked and rigid relation relatively to the rail section 13 andthe fish plate 12. The base 11 and the fish plate 20 are provided withrecesses 32 adapted to receive therein suitable spikes or the like,secured to the tie or bed upon which my device is mounted, thus aidingin retaining the rail ends in proper relative relation and preventing aspreading of the rails at the point of connection of the rail ends withthe rail joint. By providing the rail head 14, between the ends of therail ends, a secure joint is provided and the rail ends are normallyadapted to be spaced a slight distance from the rail section 13 to allowfor any expansion or contraction of the rail ends and rail section.

I claim 1. In a rail joint the combination with a base, of a fish plateformed thereon, an upwardly extending rail section formed integrallywith the said base and said fish plate, a laterally extending lockingflange formed on the said rail section and spaced from the head thereof,a fish plate for removable engagement with the said locking flange andadapted to abut against rail ends mounted on the said base, the saidlocking flange being adapted to extend through an aperture in the secondmentioned fish plate, and a locking plate for engagement with the secondmentioned fish plate and said locking flange to retain the secondmentioned fish plate in locked engagement with the said rail section.

2. In a rail joint the combination with ing flange to retain the secondmentioned fish plate in locked engagement with the said rail section,and means for retaining the said locking plate in rigid engagement withthe said second mentioned fish plate.

3. In a rail joint, a base adapted to receive rail ends, a fish plateextending upwardly from the said base, a rail section formed integralwith the said base, adjacent the said fish plate, a locking flangeextending from one side of the said rail section, a second fish plateadapted for engagement with the said rail section and provided with anopening through which the said locking flange is extended and a lockingplate for engagement with the said locking flange to retain the saidfish plate in rigid engagement with the said rail section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS D. EVANS.

WVitnesses Lucy MURRAY, J. DORRING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

